Newspaper conveyer



May 10, 1932.

H. H. RAPLEY NEWSPAPER CONVEYER Filed Sept. 16, 1929 ATTORN/FX Patented May 10, 1932 7' r -UNI'TED STATES. PATENT or i on;

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V l V nnwsrAPERooNvnYna I a H Applicat ion filed Septemher1,'1929 s'er arn $93,026, and a Great Email; October is I This invention relates to and has for its one hand and said'strips 2 onthe other and object the provision of improvements in will be guided by said plate andstri ps until newspaper conveyers. The invention conit emanatesthe reverse wayup in-said path Y. sists broadly in thearrangement according The upper set 3 of endless wires apperto which the course of the stream of newstainin'g-to said-path extend between hori- 55 papers is adapted to be turned through 'an zontally spaced rollers (V1Zf3J'dI1V1I1g roller angle in the plane of the newspapers Thus 4 and an idler'roller 5 in the usual way and it is possible'to suit the exigencies of the said wires 3 pass through the openingsbe conveyer' room by avoiding obstacles and tween the strips 2-so' as to engage the newscarrying the path of the conveyer around papersafter they are between the stripsfQ 60 any desired'portion of the perimeter of said and the plate 1. The lower set 6 ofthewires conveyer room. v appertaining to said path X extend'between In order that the invention may be the a driving roller 7 at the end remote from more clearly understood a conveyer in ac; said diverter deviceand individual idler cordancetherewi'th will now be described, pulley wheels 8 at the end adjacentsaid di- 65 reference being made to the accompanying ve'rter de'vice, thesaid pulley wheels 8"bedrawings,-Figures 1', 2 and 30f which are ing mounted underneath the upper portion diagrammaticperspective views of the turnof Sflld'dlVBItBI' plate 1 and having theirup- I in portion of the conveyer seenifrom three per edges just projecting through. slots in.

diderent angles. said diverter plate Thus said pulley wheels 70 Referring to these drawings the stream of 8 also engagethe newspapers 'afterfth'ey are newspapers is diverted from one horizontal between the strips and the plate. I i path X to another-horizontal path Y at right In like manner the lower set -9 of endless angles to and at a-level a little lower than wires appertaining to said path Y extend said formerpath. Said stream is conveyed between a driving roller lO'a-ndan idlerroller' 7 .alon'geach'of saidpaths between an upper 11 passthrough the openings between and a lower set of endless wire belts. Said thestrips, and the upper set 12 of the wires stream is diverted from the path X to the appertaining to said path Y extend between 1 ,path Y by means of a diverter device coma driving roller 13 and individual pulley prising one guideelement constituted by a wheelslt' niou-nted above the'lower; portion 30 bent diverter plate 1 around the outer'surof, and projecting through slotsjingsaid di face of which said stream moves, and a secverter plate-1; ond guide element constituted by a number Owing to the twistedg-formof'the plate '1' of diverter strips 2 which bend around, parthe said individual pulley wheels 8 and 14 5 allel to and clear of, said diverter plate 1 ar not arrangmij 'c0 axially; As shownthe s5 and maintain said stream against said dipulley'wheels8 are set furth'erflforward along Verter p Sald (inverter Plate 1 1S the stream the nearer they are located to the tangular plate turned back upon itselfi -p facing v a Inv through 180 and at the same tlm twlsted like manner the pulley wheels 14m set fur- 40 through 9O as shown 1n sucn a way that at ther ba k alono th gt m th 'n f f the a one end it lies parallel to and ust below sald are heated" t i Side. bf the i fat-c; path X and at the other end it lies parallel n the] V v 1 g l u to and just above said path Y. The diverter a of sin-PS 2 Whlch are pa'rauel and coplanar are ends or the diverter late 1 are bent awa slmilarly bent and twisted so that atone end A i i P f I i Y they are parallel to and just above said path ,fromolleianother so as to @clhtate 9 l m X and at the other end they are parallel to mr s between Thelsald nd f and just below said path Y. It will thus theidlverterstrlps are pp d yz'm e diverterstrips2 and Q be seen that the stream moving along said fsuita le tr nsverse bars-15."

"5'0 path X will pass betweensaid plate 1 on the 1 Idler rollers 16 are provided for assisting 10o to guide the stream between the plate 1 and strips 2. V p

In construction the rollers 4 and 7 and the rollers 13 and 10 are directly geared together so as to rotate in opposite directions as required,and the two pairs of said geared rollers are connected by means of a suitable gear train.

In order to maintain regular working it may in some cases be preferred to provide a further set of endless wires to help maintain the stream in motion as it passes round the diverter plate.

What I claim andrdesire to secure by Letters P'z'itnt'isf- .-1. A newspaper conveyer comprising, two conveyer sections extending indifierent di rections along which, one after the other, a continuous streamiof newspapers is adapted to pa'ss,-two parallel guide elements, one upon one side of the plane of one'of said conveyer sections andthe other upon the other side of said plane, wherein the guiding of the stream out of directional and planar. alignment with the first section into that of the second is adapted to be effected by both causing its path tocurve and the stream itself simultaneously to turn about said path as axis.

2. A newspaper conveyer comprising two conveyer sections in approximately parallel planes and extending in different directions alongWh-ich, one after the other, a continuous stream of newspapers is adapted to pass, two

parallel guide elements, one positioned upon one side of the planeof one ofsaid conveyer sections; and the other positioned upon the other side of said plane, wherein the guiding of the stream out of directional and planar alignment with the first section into that of the second is adapted to be effected by both causing. its path to curve andthe stream it self simultaneously to turn about said path as axis through an angle of approximately two right angles. H V

3. A newspaper conveyer comprisingtwo conveyer sections extending in different di rections and two parallel guideelements one positioned upon one side of the pla-ne of said conveyer' sections and the other upon the otherjside of said planebetween which a stream of the newspapers is adapted to pass from one section to. the other, said guide elements being bentto a curve and simultaneously twisted about said curve as axis.

4:. A newspaper conveyer comprising two conveyer" sections extending in different directions each comprising an outer and an inner set of endless belts, and two' parallel guide elements between which a stream of the newspapers is adapted to pass from'one' section to the other, said guide elements beingbent to a curve and simultaneously twisted about the line of said curve'as axis,-

7 and the belts of the outer .set' of each conveyer passing through respective openings in the outer guideelementsso as to engage the portion of the stream between said guide elements.

5. A newspaper conveyer comprising two conveyer sections extending in different directions each comprising an outer and an inner set of endless belts, and two parallel guide elements between which a stream of the newspapers is adapted to pass from one I section to the other, said guide elements being bent'to a curve and twisted about the line of said curve as axis, and the belts of the outer'set of each conveyer passing through openings in the outer guide elements soas to engage the portion of the stream between.

said guide elements, and end pulleys for-each inner set of belts projecting through openings in the inner guide element so as also to engage said portion of the stream between said guide elements.

claim 5 wherein said pulleys are arranged in S5 6. A newspaper 'conveyer according" to stepped relation to one another so as to ac cord to the form of said inner guide-element.

7. A newspaper conveyer embodying therein two sections extending in different directions, each conveyer comprising endless tapes in parallel relation to'each other, parallel rollers about which one set of tapes pass, a roller parallel with the aforesaid rollers, and pulleys,the axis of which extends obliquely to the, axis of said other rollers about 7 HAROLD HERBERT RAPLEY. 

